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Table 2 Prevalence, intensity and abundance of hard-tick parasitism in rodents by host species

From: Tick parasites of rodents in Romania: host preferences, community structure and geographical distribution

Host

Examined (n)

With ticks (n)

Prevalence (%)

Intensity (range; mean±sd)

Abundance (mean±sd)

Apodemus agrarius

94

21

22.34

1-67; 7.10±14.16

1.59±7.21

Apodemus flavicollis

51

26

50.98

1-12; 3.65±3.24

1.86±2.94

Apodemus sylvaticus

22

4

18.18

1-5; 2.50±1.91

0.45±1.22

Apodemus uralensis

24

13

54.17

1-6; 2.69±1.97

1.46±1.98

Myodes glareolus

32

16

50.00

1-4; 1.69±1.01

0.84±1.11

Micromys minutus

11

2

18.18

1; 1.00±0.00

0.18±0.40

Microtus arvalis

54

38

70.37

1-25; 4.08±4.25

2.87±4.01

Microtus subterraneus

49

2

4.08

2; 2.00±0.00

0.08±0.40

Mus musculus

53

0

0.00

-

-

Mus spicilegus

8

1

12.50

1; 1.00±0.00

0.13±0.35

Rattus norvegicus

12

0

0.00

-

-

Spermophilus citellus

13

2

15.38

1-4; 2.50±2.12

0.38±1.12

Total

423

125

29.55

1-67; 3.86±6.58

1.14±3.98